The rulers of that poor and bloodied nation have headquarters, military forces, airfields and supplies that can be attacked.
A French official who spoke on condition of anonymity said that possible targets for airstrikes would include the Qaddafi forces' airfields and the long supply line running from Tripoli to the loyalist forces pressing toward Benghazi.
American forces attacked the Taliban air force and airfield near Mazar-i-Sharif at the start of the campaign, and have repeatedly attacked the garrison of Arab and other foreign fighters recruited by Mr. bin Laden, hoping to make it easier for the Northern Alliance to take the city.
And save for one scary day in March, when high winds forced the airfield to operate on a single runway, the repairs went off with few problems and little fuss.
Other coalition forces captured airfields in western Iraq and were airlifted into Iraqi Kurdistan, north of Baghdad.Reports that Saddam had been killed in early air raids seemed false, but doubts were raised about the authenticity of television appearances of characteristic defiance.
The force defending the airfield and its environs was a combat team composed of elements of the 17th Airborne Division and a battalion from the 541st Parachute Infantry Regiment.
By the end of the day, Japanese ground forces had advanced to the outskirts of the airfield, forcing the squadron's remaining airworthy aircraft to be evacuated to Kuantan, and from there back to Singapore.
Unexpectedly, the Russian forces, reach the airfield first; Russia, Serbia's patron, is hoping to stake a claim in the occupation.
A few nights ago, insurgents launched eight rockets into this base, a former Iraqi airfield, forcing soldiers to dive into sandbagged foxholes in front of the tents.
Near Kramatorsk, the Ukrainian "anti-terrorist" operation made its tentative first step when forces recaptured an airfield from militia on Tuesday 15 April.
After Ukrainian forces recaptured an airfield outside Kramatorsk on Tuesday, armoured vehicles appeared in the centre of the town early on Wednesday.
